On 16 Apr 2007, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > > Sometimes it is not just for fun. If you are tranferring just 2 or 3 files, > the possibility of doing "mistakes" with GUI is a lot less than using cli. > > Besides if you are like me and have 20-30 character long file names, which > take atleast 8 tab strokes to complete the filename even while employing > wildcards, GUI is definitely the way to go (all that involved is just a > left mouse click). > > I do use command line whenever I think it gets the job done efficiently. > However I am not averse to using GUI if it gets the job done efficiently. > Efficiency is what matters, not how you get the job done. YMMV. > > hth > raju >
You can persuade midnight commander to do this kind of thing. It works quite well although it took me a bit of time to figure out how to do it. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
